It’s December 1st and many of us are in holiday mode, maybe purchased something on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday or Cyber Monday or today, Giving Tuesday, to have gifts delivered to loved ones that maybe we won’t be gathering with in person this year. Shipping has probably never been so important or in […]
In Florida, the Daily Digest released the early-voting totals from Subscriber Voting in the 50 Hottest Companies in Low Carbon fuels, chemicals & materials for 2021 — which do not yet include Invited International Selector votes. Companies such as Praj Industries, Renewable Energy Group, LanzaTech, and Amyris were prominent in the early ballots as readers placed much […]
This letter was a collaborative effort from James Seurer, CEO Glacial Lakes Energy; Erik Osmon, GM Bushmills Ethanol; Steve Roe, GM Little Sioux Corn Processors; James Broghammer, CEO Homeland Energy Solutions; and Nick Bowdish, CEO Siouxland Ethanol and Elite Octane. Special to The Digest The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same Truer […]
In Florida, Fluid Quip Technologies, Impossible Foods, Beyond Meats and Kula Bio have taken the lead in early voting in the 50 Hottest Companies in Agriculture & Nutrition for 2021. The Digest released the early-voting totals from Subscriber Voting — which do not yet include Invited International Selector votes. News foods dominate, smaller companies shine Companies […]
By Douglas L. Faulkner, President, Leatherstocking LLC and “The Cleantech Conservative” Special to The Digest As I pondered recently the meaning of our American Thanksgiving, I realized that there was much unsaid in a similar vein about the bioeconomy. In this time of mistrust, misunderstandings, cynicism and defeatism, we all should say out loud unabashedly […]
As if 2020 wasn’t crazy enough, this week’s innovations include lab-grown lobster, renewable and biodegradable store mannequins, edible bug grants for companies looking to develop insect-based foods, and even a Hannibal Lecter inspired “have people for dinner” cultured meat startup where you can grow little human steaks in your home from your own cells. In […]
This week marks the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. Their story has been oft-told. A band of English Puritans who set out to the Americas in search of religious freedom and to found what John Winthrop would later call “a shining city upon a hill”. Their desperate passage across the […]
In Florida, Amyris, Fluid Quip Technologies, Praj Industries and MetGen have taken the lead in early voting in the 50 Hottest Companies in Bio+Engineering for 2021. The Digest released the early-voting totals from Subscriber Voting — which do not yet include Invited International Selector votes. Private Companies on the rise, National Labs disappoint Companies such as Ginkgo […]
It’s possible to summarize the advanced bioeconomy in three words, technology, investment, policy. These are the sine qua non, the foundational forces. Technology without investment and policy is a bunch of pretty things on a shelf, policy without technology or investment is bound to fail, and investment without technology or policy is bound to go […]
By Mark Bustard, Chief Executive, Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) Special to The Digest By 2050 the world’s population is expected to be close to 10 billion, and with it a serious demand for food. Feeding a growing population is a challenge but so too is doing it in a way that reduces the impact […]
